A young man, unemployed and rootless, comes home to help his grandmother through her last days. As her memory peels away, so that the present is dim but the past grows ever more vivid, she tells him the strange story of the magical event that shaped her youth. He is drawn in by her tale, and longs to believe. But it couldn't possibly be true . . . or could it?

Austenian comedy of manners meets whimsical folklore-inspired romance! Set in 1790, this quirky, romantic, insightful coming-of-age tale plays out amidst an ever-shifting maze of love, doubt, trust, fear, honour, passion and laughable human foibles. Based on an old Scots ballad, it tells of a love-triangle involving a seductive young man, an earl's sheltered daughter, and an Elf-Queen.